Graduate Students

Mohammed Atallah (PhD student, Spring 2024 – current)
Research area:
Dynamics and Control of Wave Energy Converters

Andrea Boord (PhD student, Spring 2024 – current)
Research area:
Dynamics and Control of Wave Energy Converters

David Knapick (PhD student, Fall 2022 – current)
Research area:
Space Trajectory Optimization

Sungmoon Henry Choi (PhD student, Fall 2021 – current)
Research area:
Space Trajectory Optimization

Aimar Negrete (PhD student, Fall 2021 – current)
Research area:
Optimal Control

Previous Grad Students

Habeebullah Abdulkadir (PhD student, Spring 2021 – current)
Research area:
Dynamics and Control of Wave Energy Converters

Mohamed Shabara (PhD student, fall 2020 – current)
Research area:
Dynamics and Control of Wave Energy Converters

Madhusudan Vijayakumar (PhD student, fall 2020-current)
Research area:
Space Trajectory optimization

Ahmed Ellithy (PhD student, fall 2019 – Spring 2023)
Research area:
Space Trajectory optimization
Current Position:
Engineer, SpaceNav LLC, Boulder, CO

Shangyan Zou (MS 2015, PhD student, 2015-2018)
Research area: Optimal Control of Wave Energy Converters
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Michigan Tech University,
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Ehsan Taheri (PhD student, 2010-2014)
Research area: Space Trajectory Optimization
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Aerospace Engineering Department,
Auburn University

Shu Ting Goh (PhD student, 2008-2012)
Current Position:
Principal Engineer
Satellite Technology and Research Centre (STAR), National University of Singapore
Singapore

Benjamin Schimke (MS student, Spring 2021-2022)
Research area:
Space Trajectory Optimization

Mostafa A. Youssef (MS student, 2019-2022)
Research area:
Control of Wave Energy Converters

Aditi Sawant (MS student, 2019-2022)
Research area:
Collective Control

Jiajun Song (PhD student, 2015-2020)
Research area:
Optimal Control of Wave Energy Converters

Current Position:
PostDoc, Zhejiang University, China

Jianyang Lyu (PhD student, 2016-2019)
Research area:
Ocean Wave Energy Conversion

Mohammed Desouky (PhD student, 2017-2019)
Research area:
Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control

Shadi Darani (PhD student, 2015-2018)
Research area:
Global Optimization, Evolutionary Algorithms, Hidden Genes Genetic Algorithms
Current Position:
Engineer, Ford Motors, MI, USA

Ahmed Gad (PhD student, 2008-2011)
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Taibah University
Saudi Arabia

Diniar Shroff  (PhD student, 2012-2014)

Ved Prakash (MS student, 2019-2020)
Research area:
Space Trajectory optimization

Omkar Dilip Rane (MS student, 2015-2017)
Research area:
Ocean Wave Energy Conversion

Sanil Mhatre (MS student, 2015-2017)
Research area:
Ocean Wave Energy Conversion
Current Position: Engineer in Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Group

Nirag Sheth (MS student, 2013-2015)
Research area:
Global Optimization, Evolutionary Algorithms

Jonathan Curtis (MS student, 2013-2015)
Research area:
Global Optimization, Evolutionary Algorithms, Space Trajectory Optimization

Karthik Mysore Srinivasa (MS student, 2013-2015)
Research area:
Control of under-actuated systems

Nick Mastricola  (MSc student, 2008-2010)

Neelima Addanki  (MSc student, 2008-2011)